BACKWARD DESIGN Information in the presentation is from Understanding by Design Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
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BACKWARD DESIGN
Information in the presentation is from Understanding by Design
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
What is Backward Design?
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
-Stephen R. Covey
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
WHAT GUIDES US•Teachers are constrained by standards•Students’ needs
EFFECTIVE CURRICULAR DESIGNS ARE BACKWARD
•The norm•The reverse•Given a task to be accomplished, how do we get there?•Begin with assessments
STAGES IN THE BACKWARD DESIGN PROCESS
IDENTIFYDESIREDRESULTS
DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE
EVIDENCE PLAN LEARNING
EXPERINCES AND
INSTRUCTION
STAGE 1:IDENTIFY DESIRED RESULTS
WHAT IS WORTH UNDERSTANDING?
Big IdeaActive learningUncoverageEngaged students
•BACKWARD DESIGN IS A PROCESS AND SET OF TOOLS TO MAKE THE SELECTION OF CURRICULUM PRIORITIES MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN BY DESIGN THAN BY GOOD FORTUNE
STAGE 2:DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE
Collect assessment evidence
Plan assessment first
Consider a range of assessments
Continuum of assessments
STAGE 3PLAN LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND INSTRUCTION
Planning instructional activities Knowledge and skills Actvities Teaching Materials and resources Overall design
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Can’t be answered in a sentence
Multilayered
Repeated
Go to the heart of a discipline
Recur naturally throughout one’s learning and in the history of a field
Raise other important questions
UNIT QUESTIONS
Specific
No “right” or “wrong” answer
Holds students’ interest
ESSENTIAL QUESTION UNIT QUESTION
Must a story have a moral, heroes, and villains?
What is the moral of the story of the Holocaust?Is Huck Finn a hero?
How does an organism’s structure enable it to survive in its environment?
How do the structures of amphibians and reptiles support their survival?
Who is a friend? Are Frog and Toad true friends?Has it been true in recent U.S. history and foreign affairs that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”?
What is light? How do cats see in the dark?Is light a particle or a wave?
WHAT IS UNDERSTANDING
Can explain
Can interpret
Can apply
Have perspective
Can empathize
Have self-knowledge
BLOOM’S TAXANOMY
SAMPLE TEMPLATES
NJCCCS (New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards)njccs.org Standards Resources
Curriculum Templates
Weekly lesson planner
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